Anyone taken aged parent away in MH?

[Phill D]

Well we are both into our 70s and cope quite well…

Is that managing well travelling with a 90 year old relative in the van with you.

 

[Gillygrim]

Is that managing well travelling with a 90 year old relative in the van with you.

Is that a question ? As I said in my earlier post, my mum was 90 when we first took her and nearly 100 the last time. John and I were 75 and 65 respectively the first time and 75 and 85 the last time. It all depends on the health and fitness of all parties, and it helps if you have a very good relationship. I know how lucky I was with all aspects of our many trips and hope others can be that lucky. I have so many treasured memories.....

 

[Phill D]

Is that a question ? As I said in my earlier post, my mum was 90 when we first took her and nearly 100 the last time. John and I were 75 and 65 respectively the first time and 75 and 85 the last time. It all depends on the health and fitness of all parties, and it helps if you have a very good relationship. I know how lucky I was with all aspects of our many trips and hope others can be that lucky. I have so many treasured memories.....

it was a question to the post i quoted by nev robinson, it was simply looking for confirmation of the meaning of the post as it did not seem to relate to the OP "taking an aged parent away in the MH"

i agree it depends on the individual parent and in the people chaperoning them.

 

[Grianan]

So many wonderful posts and anecdotes.

We did use to take my parents away to France with us in the caravan - they slept inside with the kids and we slept out in the awning. I preferred that .

Last time would have been 13 years ego as my son was 5. A traumatic holiday it was as we had driven down to the Ardèche from Scotland and on our first day (Sunday) at the campsite my OH took the kids to the pool whilst I made supper. To cut a long story short my wee boy had gashed his knee on a broken tile getting out of the pool. We met a doctor at the closed medical centre and he stitched him up without pain relief. We bought a little blow up boat on a rope so he could still enjoy his holiday.

Another day we were exploring a lovely village by a river. It was quite hilly and my dad struggled with mobility so we arranged a meeting place - he never arrived. We searched high and low, every cafe, shop, hotel no sign.
Ultimately a kind bar owner called the gendarmes, who asked me if he had reason to be depressed and searched the river. He was eventually found by the gendarmes, asleep at the campsite.
He had walked (he could barely walk) up the steep hill, out of the village, until he came to a funeral directors. He persuaded them (he didn’t speak French) to drive him back to the campsite (I’m pretty sure he didn’t know it’s name) … we dined out on that story for many years, especially as my don was obsessed with a ladybird book about a lost puppy ‘if you get lost don’t be downhearted, follow your steps back to where you started’ (which he changed to ‘get a taxi back to where you started’)

 

[Blaydon]

Have you considered getting a small caravan to drag behind your Motorhome- you could call it a ‘Granny flat’.

joking aside, we had many good trips with my mum. She would stay in a B&B near a site, and join us during the day. We took a few vans and caravans for all the family. Lots of children running about, good food and wine, and Mum went off to her digs in comfort at the end of the evening.

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[Dorset Diver]

I've dreamed of taking MiL away but it turns into a nightmare when she comes back .

 

[CJK]

I brought my MH to Poland to join Basia 11 years ago just before her Mother's 90th birthday.

At first we took her out for day trips then to a friends party and we all stayed o/night in the MH.

After that we started going for 4-5 days into Slowakia, with 3 days next to an open-air thermal spa which Mother really enjoyed, followed by a couple of days above a mountain meadow with a good chalet restaurant and where Basia would take her for a 1km walk.

This was all off-grid and Mother adapted well. We gave her the fixed bed over the garage and we moved to the drop-down over the cab. Not surprising she could adapt after Uncle Joe Stalin transported her to Siberia for 5 years, and she survived.

When she got to about 95 her mobility decreased, but she was still living in her own flat right up until she died 8 weeks ago aged 101, having had no serious illness and just did not wake up.

So some oldies can do it and really enjoy it, even off-grid.

That’s an amazing story. What a wonderful (and tough) woman.

In previous years our children have been able to look in on their 90 year old independent Granny when we’ve been away. But life has changed.
Kids now away - one working up north, the other at Uni.
Granny had a nasty fall a couple of months ago resulting in a gruesome head injury. The really worrying thing was that she didn’t tell us, so by the time we got her to hospital, 4 days later, it was too late to stitch it.
She’s getting a bit forgetful. Nothing too bad so far but she can text me the same question 3 times in a day.

Which all leads us up wondering how best to go away on holiday. She’s fiercely independent and resists any suggestion of anyone looking in to check on her (though she did let the district nurse dress/check her wound).

One option is to take her away with us … we’re only talking 2-3 weeks at the moment.

Has anyone done this? Did it work?

Brave thoughts! We travel with my mum but we get her into a b&b near site or small self catering place with parking space for our van. That way she has more comfort and escapes our bickering (we call it repartee) and we have a chance to down a beer or two and reflect on the irritations!

 

[johen]

I am 91 and still take my MH away for holidays in the summer

 

[Riverbankannie]

I am 91 and still take my MH away for holidays in the summer

And

Good on you.

 

[Phill D]

I am 91 and still take my MH away for holidays in the summer

Hi and welcome

Long may that continue

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[Grianan]

Having had mum to stay with us this week I’m not sure that it would work. She has slowed down immeasurably since the summer when we took her to our house up north for a fortnight. She’s spending a lot of time dozing. Quite concerning but she is content.

 

[SpeedyDux]

We did try to persuade her parents to come on a MH holiday abroad when they were 80 and still mobile and active, although not able to drive themselves far in their car. We even offered to hire a big 6 berth MH week so they would have enough space. No go. Anything related to camping horrified them. The old dear always moans about seeing our PVC parked outside her house whenever we visit her using it. Whatever would her neighbours think? As if they care.

Instead, her parents insisted on their customary annual holiday at a hotel in Bournemouth. As a result I had 2 round trips by car to deliver and collect them and their luggage, like a taxi.